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As promised before, Motorola somewhat quietly launched the Moto Maker site in Germany. This is the first time that the Moto X customization service has been made available outside of the US, potentially sending mixed signals about the future of the current flagship as well as the upcoming smartphone currently dubbed the Moto X+1.

We know, from their slap-fight with AT&T over one particular customer, that T-Mobile loves Twitter. Their CEO is a hash tagging machine, and their PR crew has a solid presence there. It only seems natural that they’d engage in some kind of cross-promotional deal with the micro-blogging service, and it looks like that’s just what they’ve done.

Not long ago, people considered tablets to be a passing fad that would quickly fade away like the short-lived netbook. Now, almost everyone is spitting out tablets like crazy. The latest to jump on the bandwagon is German company Gigaset who is making its Android market debut with two tablets.

With nary a word save for a Swedish press release, Samsung has quietly brought the refreshed version of its Galaxy S 4 flagship into European territory. This model, previously exclusive only to its home market of Korea, features a different processor and support for LTE-Advanced technology.

Bad news has arrived this afternoon from the folks at Vodafone Germany. The carrier has confirmed that a hacker has stole data and account information on roughly 2 million customers. In a recent server attack in which the company says could have been an inside job, authorities are now hard at work trying to sort out all the details.

LG has made some pretty entertaining marketing videos to advertise its latest flagship smartphone. Those who have been enticed by the LG G2 won't have to wait too long as LG promises to bring the G2 to its key markets, the US and Germany, starting this month in preparation for a rollout worldwide.

Huawei has more than just a few smartphones in the works early on here in 2013. While they only showed off two at CES, it's apparent that they have multiple mid-range and high end smartphone coming soon. We've mentioned a few already this month but today Huawei just announced the Ascend G615. A quad-core mid-range phone with a 4.5-inch HD display and more.

Over the last year, now Google-owned Motorola Mobility has been caught up in a variety of patent issues involving alleged infringement of Microsoft and Apple patents, many of which have since been upheld by various courts. Motorola has lost several counter-lawsuits in the ongoing debacle, resulting in injunctions, but has left the gadgets on its website. It seems, however, that the company has pulled all but two of its Android devices from its German website.

While ASUS and Google's popular Nexus 7 tablet is now widely available in many parts of the world, those in Germany have still been left out. Things are about to change however as German site AndroidNext has confirmed the tablet will be available starting September 3rd across Germany.

Hooray, an even larger HTC One X! Well, no - "One XL" is the name for international models of the much-loved One X with an LTE radio, instead of the standard HSPA+. (AT&T's version of the HTC One X is an XL in all but name). The first nation to get the phone outside of the Americas will be Germany, operating one of the few LTE networks outside of Asia and North America. Vodafone, O2 and Duetsche Telecom will all get the phone in early June.